6/8/07
MSCS Sprints
Morgan County Speedway
Jacksonville, IL
(stories by Rustin Nelson)
36 sprints
Heat 1) 1. 99 Korey Weyant (3) 2. 7x Mitch Wissmiller (8) 3. 17JR Jerry Ruble (4) 4. 71 Chad Branson (1) / 5. 9k Kevin Thomas Jr (2) 6. 2s Terry Babb (7) 7. 34M Arin McIntosh (9) 8. 35 Jimmy Hurley (6) 9. 70 Bryan Stansberry (5)
Weyant worked to the lead from the outset and paced the field. M. Wissmiller was working the high side in impressive fashion and had a great run getting into the runner-up spot. He simply ran out of laps in the ten-lap affair.
Heat 2) 1. 2M Joey Moughan (9) 2. 10 Shane Hollingsworth (3) 3. 95 Tommy Rockwell (2) 4. 30 Doug Canham (6) / 5. 90 Patrick Budde (4) 6. 3MC Dave Mallady (7) 7. 3AC A.J. Clark (8) 8. 1T Tyler Shoemaker (5) 9. 47 Brett Samonds (1)
Samonds tangled with Rockwell at the start in turn four, causing a melee behind him. Shoemaker, Moughan, and Mallady spun in the mess. Once underway, Moughan wasted no time slammin’ the cushion to get in the runner-up spot to chase Hollingsworth (who grabbed the lead on the 3rd circuit). Side-by-side much of the final laps, Moughan bested Hollingsworth by a whisker at the line in a photo-finish to complete his last to first charge in the best race of the night.
Heat 3) 53 Jon Stanbrough (1) 2. 4M Jon Memmer (4) 3. 11D Derek O’Dell (4) 4. 83 Dale Christian (8) / 5. 1M Jim Moughan (9) 6. 2 Bill Schemonia (7) 7. 9x Larry Carter (5) 8. 4 Matt Dobey (2) – DNS – 77u Chris Urish
Stanbrough might be good, but he’s also pretty lucky and drew the pole for this one. He got a good jump and proceeded to stink up the show and win by more than a straightaway. Sixteen-year old Jon Memmer had a good run just trying to keep the Fox Bros car in sight. Moughan’s bid for a final transfer just fell short.
Heat 4) 1. 10T Hunter Schuerenberg (2) 2. 22 Robbie Standridge (5) 3. 3c Kyle Cummins (8) 4. 22x Bret Tripplett (7) / 5. 96 Nathan Charron (3) 6. 51B Randy Bateman (6) 7. 2k Kyle Wissmiller (1) 8. 59 Alex Shanks (4) – DNS – 87 Rich Camfield
Schuerenberg and Wissmiller involved themselves in a good ‘ole fashioned dogfight from the drop of the green in this one. They swapped the top spot as a capacity crowd looked on in wonder. The third circuit saw Wissmiller get together with the youngster from Sikeston as they raced out of turn four. Shanks, who was right on their tail tanks, got over a wheel and tumbled down the front chute. He was unhurt and would return in the semi. Schuerenburg lead Wissmiller, Standridge, and Charron to the green. Bateman would spin at the start and re-rack the field. Schuerenberg would hold the point and put a bit of a squeeze on Wissmiller as they raced down the backchute with two to go. Wissmiller put his elbows up, gassed it hard into turn three after him, promptly jumped the cushion, smacked the wall, and retired. His would be done for the night. Young Hunter hung on for the win as Standridge surged from fourth to second on the last lap. The MSCS points leader Cummins patiently picked his way into a transfer from the tail.
B-Main) 1. Shanks (14) 2. Babb (5) 3. Budde (2) 4. McIntosh (9) / 5. Charron (4) 6. Schemonia (7) 7. Thomas Jr ( 1) 8. Carter (11) 9. Baterman (8) 10. Shoemaker (12) 11. Dobey (15) 12. Stansberry (17) 13. Mallady (6) 14. Hurley (13) 15. Clark (10) 16. Camfield (16) 17. Urish (19) 18. Moughan (3) – DNS – Samonds, K. Wissmiller
Jim Moughan was involved in a tangle in turn one and did an easy rollover. Gentleman Jim was unhurt, but done. Babb took the early lead when Hurley spun in turn two. Babb lead Thomas Jr, the young 15-year old gasser from the state of Alabama, back to the green with Budde and a surging Shanks. Bateman spun on the fifth lap, and Hot Rod Dave Mallady tumbled down the backchute on the seventh circuit after contact with the wall. He emerged unhurt, but was done. Shanks would complete his run to the run once underway as he snuck under Babb down the frontchute. Thomas Jr had a transfer but got high in turn three coming for the checkered, climbed the wall and flipped. He kept his foot in the throttle though and upon landing on all fours, kept going to cross the finish line. McIntosh was the benefactor and locked herself into the show. Thomas Jr may have rec’d the benefit of the doubt in this version of the scoring, but anybody that keeps their foot in the loud pedal even as they’re barrel rolling through the air gets the nod from this race fan.
A-Main) 1. Stanbrough (2) 2. Weyant (1) 3. Schuerenberg (3) 4. Tripplett (20) 5. Babb (22) 6. Cummins (12) 7. Memmer (7) 8. Rockwell (10) 9. O’Dell (11) 10. Budde (19) 11. Standridge (8) 12. Hollingsworth (6) 13. Ruble (9) 14. Canham (14) 15. Christian (15) 16. McIntosh (20) 17. Jo. Moughan (4) 18. M. Wissmiller (5) 19. Branson (13) 20. Shanks (17)
Stanbrough raced Weyant side-by-side for much of the first circuit before gaining the upper hand and leading. Babb and Shanks tangled on the third lap resulting in a flat right rear for Shanks. It appeared that Shanks tried to get to the designated area in the infield to change the tire, but the push truck nudged him off the racetrack on the front stretch. His crew changed the tire, but he was disqualified due to not changing his tire in the designated area. The longest stretch of unimpeded green flag action saw Schuerenberg reel in Stanbrough slowly as they approached traffic. Hunter was high, while Jon hugged the moisture on the low side. Joey Moughan worked the high side to challenge Weyant for third and the duo ran side by side for much of the middle stage of the thirty-lapper. With five to go, Moughan (running 3rd) tagged Standridge (running 4th) in turn one sending Standridge spinning into the fence and collecting a 5th running M. Wissmiller. Robbie wasn’t pleased, but restarted while Wissmiller retired. Stanbrough lead Schuerenberg, Weyant, Moughan, and Cummings. Moughan picked up a nasty push in the ensuing laps and caught the turn two fence with two to go. He flipped out of a solid top-five run, but walked away. Weyant and Tripplett would surge forward in the closing laps but could not catch Stanbrough. The win worth a cool $3k gave the red hot Stanbrough a dozen on the 2007 campaign. Tripplett and Babb charged the hardest on the worn out racing surface.